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A woman's body has been found after a house fire in Norwich, police have said.Norfolk Constabulary officers were called to assist the fire service at a property on Carterford Drive at 4.22am on Boxing Day. While attending the scene, the body of a woman was found inside the house. Her age has not been confirmed by officers, but her next of kin have been informed.The force added the fire had […]

A motorcyclist has died after a crash near Stirling on Christmas Day.Police Scotland said the 60-year-old man was killed after a collision with a car on the A811 close to Leckie at around 2pm on Wednesday. He was riding a grey Moto Guzzi V100 which hit a red Audi A7 between Kings Knot and Kippen Station roundabouts.Police attended the scene of the crash, around seven miles (11km) west of Stirling.The […]

The family of Gavin & Stacey star Laura Aikman only found out she was returning to the sitcom while they watched the finale on Christmas Day.The 39-year-old actress shared a video on her Instagram showing her family screaming in shock as her character Sonia appeared in the episode. Sonia, the ex-girlfriend of James Corden's character Neil "Smithy" Smith, appears in the final Christmas special in a crucial plot twist. Image: […]

The King has praised the community response to the "anger and lawlessness" of this summer's riots in towns and cities around the UK in his annual Christmas message.Charles, 76, also used the message, filmed by Sky News at the chapel of the former Middlesex Hospital in central London, to thank doctors and nurses who cared for him and his daughter-in-law the Princess of Wales through their cancer treatment this year. […]

It's been five years since since we last caught up with Gavin and Stacey, and, more importantly, since Nessa got down on one knee to propose to Smithy.Left on a Christmas cliffhanger, not since Rachel got off the plane has the nation been so invested in the fate of a will-they-won't-they. Because Gavin and Stacey might have sweetly brought the worlds of Billericay and Barry together, but Nessa and Smithy's […]

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man on Christmas Day in Staffordshire.The 33-year-old was arrested after the man died in the village of Norton Canes in the early hours of the morning. Staffordshire Police said its officers were called to reports of a man in his 30s suffering a cardiac arrest.Despite the efforts of emergency respondents at the scene, he died shortly afterwards.The alleged crime happened […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven on to the pavement in central London in the early hours of Christmas Day.Four people were taken to hospital after the incident on Shaftesbury Avenue, with one said to be in a life-threatening condition. Metropolitan Police officers were called to reports of a crash and a car driving on the wrong side of the road […]

Around 590,000 people aged over 65 in the UK won't see or speak to anyone on Christmas Day and 1.4 million will eat dinner on their own, new figures show.Age UK says loneliness and social isolation are year-round problems but particularly tough over the festive period when one in 10 older people will be alone on 25 December. The charity says about a million older people report feeling more isolated […]

The Church of England needs to "kneel in penitence" and "be changed", the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is expected to say in his Christmas Day sermon.It comes at a challenging time for the Church which has faced criticism over how it handled a number of abuse scandals. Mr Cottrell will next month effectively become the Church's temporary leader in place of the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.Mr Welby […]